“[T]he tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies
in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but
it is a calamity not to dream. … It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it
is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.”
— Benjamin
Elijah
Mays, American
pastor and educator, president of Morehouse
College (1895–1984)

“The only way of finding the limits of the possible is
by going beyond them into the impossible.” —
Arthur C. Clarke, English science-fiction writer
(1917–2008)

“I once met an economist who believed that everything was fungible for
money, so I suggested he enclose himself in a large bell-jar with as much money
as he wanted and see how long he lasted.” —
Amory
Bloch Lovins, American
environmentalist (1947– )

“If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.”
— Dr. Phillip Calvin McGraw (Dr.
Phil), American TV personality and psychologist (1950– )

“Engineers are extremely necessary for these purposes; wherefore it is
requisite that, besides being ingenious, they should be brave in
proportion.” — attributed to
Isambard
Kingdom
Brunel, British engineer and inventor (1806–1859)

“Growth that lasts does not threaten our children’s future. It
recognises that our planet is a gift that must be cherished.
That tomorrow is our responsibility as much as today.”
— Nick Clegg,
British politician and
former Deputy Prime Minister (1967– )

“If we use fuel to get our power, we are living on our capital and
exhausting it rapidly. This method is barbarous and wantonly wasteful
and will have to be stopped in the interest of coming generations.”
(from 1915)
— Nikola
Tesla, Serbo-American inventor (1856–1943)
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“[In] 2014. The lucky few who can be involved in creative work of any sort will be the true
elite of mankind, for they alone will do more than serve a machine.” —
Isaac
Asimov, American polymath and science-fiction writer (1920–1992)

“The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination.”
— Victor Hugo, French writer
(1802–1885)

“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of
yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.” —
Robert Hutchings Goddard,
American inventor of the liquid-fueled rocket (1882–1945)

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